My first journeys on the wheels of steal were playing a bit of hard house, clanging mixes together that sounded like an accident in a breakers yard. It wasn’t until a couple of years later with a different crowd of people I got my first taste of what would become Drum and Bass… I liked it! Tracks like ‘Sonz of a Loop da Loop era – Far out’ and the early stuff from ‘The Prodigy’ were some of my favourites!
At about 16 years old I started raving! If names like The Roller Express, Desire, One Nation, Jungle Mania, World Dance and many others mean anything to you then, most lightly you were bouncing up and down, sweating your nuts off with me and my mates. Check out the Nostalgia page, we were at them all (-:
By about 18 I was in full (ish) swing, had my first pair of 1210’s and was massively into the scene. Djing parties under the name DJ Trouble, then I got a weekly slot on a local pirate radio station Shadow FM, based somewhere in the asshole of London.
My main DJ influences were DJ Hype and Andy C…
I used to spend hours trying to master the Hype scratch, got pretty close by the time my interest started to weaver.
Other hobbies and other people started to take a priority over my djing in my early 20’s, to the point I sold my decks and hung up my headphones at about 22. I never sold my vinyl though, despite many offers!
Although I moved away from the scene my love for Drum and Bass never ebbed. I continued collecting tunes, and avidly embraced the new medium of mp3. A year or so ago I started playing with VDJ packages, just mixing up sets to listen to in the car. It wasn’t long before I realised the mixes were pretty good. As I had embraced mp3’s I had to embrace the other new mediums for getting my stuff out there, hence the setting up of www.coldemission.co.uk and the podcast feed.